Diversity

Diversity is defined as the breadth and number of actors, organization types, and historically disadvantaged groups engaged in the ecosystem at different levels and in different sectors.

Types of organizations

Finding 8: The On Nigeria accountability network is made up primarily of NGOs but also has similar amounts of MDAs and private businesses.

The On Nigeria accountability ecosystem is made up of numerous actors working across the different facets of anticorruption and accountability. Figure 10 highlights the different types of organizations in the network.

Type of organization

Percent

INGO

8% (14)

MDA

22% (37)

NGO

54% (93)

Private Business

16% (28)

Figure 10. The On Nigeria network organizations classified as Private Businesses, NGOs, INGOs, or MDAs.

The most common type of organization is the NGO which makes up 54 percent1 of all the organizations. This represents a 9 percent decrease in the percent of NGOs in the endline network compared to the baseline network. The next most frequent organization type are MDAs, making up 22 percent2 which is consistent with the baseline network (24 percent). 16 percent3 of actors are private businesses, an increase of 3 percent from the baseline. Finally, international NGOs (INGOs) make up 8 percent4 of the endline network. These types of organizations are spread around the network as depicted in Figure 11.

Figure 11. The entire network displayed with cohorts by color and type of organization by shape.

Finding 9. rganizations in the accountability ecosystem use a diverse combination of approaches in their work on social accountability and anticorruption.

When asked to select one or more of three social accountability approaches that their organization applies to their On Nigeria work, Approach C was the most frequently selected. The three approaches to choose among were:

  • Approach A: My organization’s work seeks to hold governments accountable by supporting participation in formal political processes, like elections, and/or by supporting citizens to organize to collectively lobby government officials and/or agencies, demand explanations, or raise awareness of government performance.

  • Approach B: My organization’s work seeks to develop and/or support internal checks and oversight processes within and between government officials or institutions, so that they can hold one another accountable. We help state actors investigate and sanction irregularities, such as corrupt behavior or procedural violations.

  • Approach C: My organization’s work seeks to create and/or support spaces or processes in which citizens participate in, or directly oversee, the performance of government officials, agencies, and/or institutions.

Figure 12 shows the results for counting up how many times each approach - a, b, or c - was selected. However, the majority of respondents selected multiple approaches with the combination of approaches A and C and all of them being the most frequently selected.

Social Accountability Approach

Percent

Approach A

35% (61)

Approach B

20% (34)

Approach C

37% (63)

Figure 12. Approach C was the most frequently selected social accountability appraoch.

Social Accountability Approach

Percent

Approach A

12% (20)

Approach B

5% (9)

Approach C

11% (19)

A and B

6% (10)

A and C

28% (48)

B and C

9% (16)

A, B, and C

21% (36)

Figure 13. The majority of respondents selected multiple social accountability approaches as being used on their On Nigeria work.

Geographic diversity

Finding 13: Organizations in the accountability network work throughout Nigeria, but have a particular focus on Abuja, Lagos, and to a lesser extent, Kano state. There are some variations across cohorts in terms of grantees’ geographical focus.

Organizations in our accountability network work across Nigeria, but are primarily clustered in Abuja (Federal CT ), Lagos, and to a lesser extent Kano States. Figure 13 shows which states organizations work in with dark colors meaning more organizations reported having activities there.

Figure 15. Most organizations work in Abuja, Lagos, or Kano, but some organizations work in all states.

The work of most of the cohorts is similarly distributed across Nigeria. However, the Criminal Justice cohort’s work is more concentrated in Abuja than the other cohorts. The work of JoinBodi is the most distributed across the country with Media and Journalism also well distributed. Figure 14 shows which states each cohort is most active in with darker colors meaning more organizations are active in a state.

Figure 16. The JoinBodi cohort is the most distributed across Nigeria while the Criminal Justic cohort is the most concentrated in Abuja.

  1. 93 organizations↩︎

  2. 37 organizations↩︎

  3. 28 organizations↩︎

  4. 14 organizations↩︎